2011 FOREST RIVER GEORGETOWN Equipment Problems
1 NHTSA complaint on file
Equipment Issues in the 2011 FOREST RIVER GEORGETOWN
1 equipment complaint has been filed with NHTSA for the 2011 FOREST RIVER GEORGETOWN. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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All Equipment Complaints
VEHICLE IS A NEW GEORGETOWN 300S MOTOR HOME WITH A ROOM SLIDE OUT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. OVER THE SLIDE OUT IS AN AWNING SOMETIMES CALLED A TOPPER THAT IS ROLLED VERY COMPACTLY WITH A TORSION SPRING WHEN TRAVELING. UNDER CERTAIN WIND CONDITIONS (30 MPH WIND FROM LEFT AT 60 MILES PER HOUR FORWARD COACH SPEED) THE TOPPER WILL VIOLENTLY UNROLL, IMPACTING THE MOTOR COACH CABIN, AND RESULTING WITH VERY LOUD WIND NOISE THAT APPEARS TO BE AN IMPACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. STOPPING VERY QUICKLY CLEARS THE PROBLEM YET SERIOUSLY DISRUPTS ADJACENT VEHICLES. THE TOPPER IS MANUFACTURED BY DOMETIC AND INSTALLED BY THE GEORGETOWN FORREST RIVER ASSEMBLY PLANT. THE VERY SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS BY DOMETIC FOR THE INSTALLATION CALLS FOR AN AUTOMATIC LOCK TO BE ATTACHED AT THE LEADING END OF THE TOPPER SLIDE ASSEMBLY TO PREVENT UNINTENTIONAL UNFURLING WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE GEORGETOWN ASSEMBLY PLANT ATTACHED THE AUTOMATIC LOCK...